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A thousand apologies for not updating sooner but with school and well school its been a little tough. I changed my name cause I just had a birthday and I'm now 15! Anyways I hope vacations went well and that includes Easter. I was going to update during vacation but I couldn't cause was gone so on with Chapter 8!

Top Ten Reasons Why Weddings Should Be Avoided

Chapter 8

The day of the wedding finally arrived. There was much preparation still to be done. Charlie was the best man and as best man he had many duties that he had to perform, like giving a speech and keeping the rings safe before the ceremony. Because he was with Bill for most of the day, because Bill was very nervous about the whole ordeal, Charlie did not see Elinor and he wouldn't see her until the wedding.

Elinor on the other hand was helping Ginny get ready. Fleur asked Ginny to be one of her bridesmaids along with one of her good friends from Beauxbatons, Nanette, who graduated with Fleur and was also part Veela. Nanette and Fleur looked very similar to each other and if one had never met them one would have thought they were sisters.

"Come here, Ginny, and I'll do your makeup for you," grudgingly, Ginny walked over toward Elinor and plopped herself in the chair next to her. Elinor quickly began applying the makeup.

"I simply refuse to wear that hideous dress!" Said Ginny, who glared at her dress that was currently lying on the bed out of the corner of her eye.

"Be nice and hold still," scolded Elinor. Elinor agreed with Ginny though. The dress was a pale pink that had many ruffles on it. It looked like it came out of the 1600's.

"I didn't even want to be in this stupid wedding." Ginny said ignoring Elinor's last comment.

"I guarantee you are going to be one of the prettiest ladies there. Besides, I'm sure the dress looks much better on," replied Elinor. And it did. Ginny was still not happy but decided in the end to not ruin this for Bill.

Someone knocked on the door and Mrs. Weasley walked in. "Oh, Ginny dear, you look so beautiful!" Mrs. Weasley gave her daughter a huge smile and looked at Elinor. "The wedding will start in about an hour so I will take Ginny over to where Fleur and Nanette are, so you can get ready." Mrs. Weasley left with Ginny in hand closing the door behind them. Then Elinor got ready.

Since it was outside in the garden she brought a knee high dress with spagetti straps. It was a green dress with gold patterns on it. She was forced into buying it with Tara because Tara knew she would look stunning in it and Tara was right. Elinor was shocked with the outcome. She slide on her high heels and looked at the clock. Fifteen minutes before the wedding would start. Elinor took a deep breath and left the room and headed downstairs.

Charlie and Adam, Bill's best friend, were in the wedding as well and were trying to calm Bill's nerves in any way possible. While Bill was in the bathroom, Adam told Charlie about the girl he was engaged to.

"She's amazing and beautiful. She works with the ministry of magic and, well, you'll see her at the party." Adam had a dreamy look on his face and then returned to reality. "So what about you? I heard from Bill that you brought a date to his wedding."

Charlie told him about Elinor and all he really new about her, which he figured out wasn't much.

"Well, she seems nice," Adam replied.

"She is, and she's very caring too. This is the first time my family has ever really liked one of my girlfriends."

Adam laughed. Bill came out of the bathroom. "I'm ready," he said weakly.

"You brushed your teeth, right?" Charlie asked.

Bill only shook his head. Charlie and Adam helped Bill down the stairs and spoke words of encouragement before taking their spots in the garden.

Charlie looked for Elinor but did not see her until he saw his mom and her walking down the aisle to the first row where the Weasley family sat. Charlie was stunned to see how gorgeous Elinor looked. She seemed hardly real. When she realized that he was looking at her she blushed and gave a small wave. Charlie was too stunned to even smile back at her.

When the wedding started it was hard for Charlie to pay attention. He kept giving Elinor sideways glances. She really was beautiful. Something in the pit of his stomach told him to go up to her right there and kiss her but he remained where he was and listened patiently for the ring part of the cermony.

Once the wedding was done and Bill was no longer a bachelor, Charlie went to find Elinor in the crowd. He found her sitting at a table talking to Ginny. Elinor and Ginny looked up and saw him, beckoning him to come over there and sit with them. He went and sat down beside Elinor.

"Hello dear, I haven't seen you all day." Charlie said to Elinor and kissed her on the cheek. The pit in his stomach wasn't as intense as it was the last time he saw her. Elinor was surprised and her cheeks turned red.

Ginny rolled her eyes at the couple. "Well, I'll let you to catch up then," and she left the table to join Harry, Ron, and Hermoine just a few feet away.

"Having a good time?" Charlie asked Elinor.

"Yes I am," she smiled at him that sweet smile she gave people. "Are you?"

"Yeah, I guess I am too." Charlie gave her one of his charming smiles he gave most ladies.

"Excuse me," said a man behind Charlie. The man was looking at Elinor. He flashed her a smile. "I was wondering if you would like to dance?" The man did not even look at Charlie, who had just kissed Elinor on the cheek no more than a minute ago.

"I'm sorry, but she's with me," Charlie said bluntly to the man.

The man, finally noticing Charlie, said, "I would like to hear it from her, thank you."

"I'm sorry, but I must say no because I have promised only to dance with my boyfriend." As to prove this point she took Charlie's hand and took him to the dance floor.

Charlie did not like to dance but the longer he was dancing with Elinor the more he got into it. Finally after a couple fast songs a slow song began and the couples around Charlie and Elinor began to slow dance. One of those couples was Ginny and Harry. Elinor smiled. Charlie put his hands on her tiny waist and she put her hands on his shoulders. Charlie looked at the people, watching the couples dance and he noticed his mother was smiling at him.

"I never told you but you look really... really beautiful tonight," Charlie had a hard time getting the words out. Elinor looked away and turned a dark shade of red.

"Um thanks you don't look to bad yourself," she mumbled under her breath. Elinor looked up at his face and found herself looking into his eyes. As he was doing with her. Both were trying to read each other. Elinor realized how close they were standing together and she blushed again.

"You've pretty much won the hearts of all of the family members. I don't know how my future girlfriends will be able to compete with you." Charlie said trying to keep the moment light.

Elinor looked away. "I'm sure it won't matter." She paused. "Your family has my heart as well." She looked over to where Ginny was with Harry and saw her smiling. Elinor became very fond of Ginny. She didn't know how Ginny would react when she found out that Charlie and her had "broken up" after the weddings they attended. Elinor would truly miss her company.

Charlie realized that dancing with Elinor was different. His mold and her mold fit perfectly together and for some reason he felt that he should be like this forever.

When the song had ended, Elinor moved away from him. He offered his hand and she took it and they went back to their seats.

The festivities went on with the dinner and speeches made by each side of the family. Fluer's father spoke and so did Mr. Weasley, even Charlie spoke about Bill and Fleur. During his speech, Elinor was surprised to learn that Charlie was a very eloquent speaker. Charlie and Elinor did dance some more and Elinor found herself enjoying every minute she got to be with Charlie.

Charlie and Elinor were heading back to their table when a pretty blonde that looked familiar to Elinor came up to them.

"Charlie!" Said the blonde in a very flirtatious way as she hugged him. "Its so good to see you! I haven't see you since we were at Hogwarts.

"Heather," Charlie said. "What are you doing here?"

Elinor knew Heather. Heather Litey was a ditzy blonde who used to date Charlie. She was kind of known around all the girls as a slut.

"Well, my parents were invited and they told me that you might be here so I thought we could catch up." Elinor could see that Heather hadn't changed much since she was standing way to close to Charlie and well her dress just barely covered the middle of her thigh.

"It would be great Heather, but Elinor and I are leaving in the morning for America to go to her sister's wedding so I don't really have much time for that." Heather looked at Elinor.

"Elinor? Elinor Harris? Is that you?" Heather looked at Elinor with unbelieving eyes.

"Hi Heather," was all Elinor could say.

Heather put her hands on her hips. "Wait, you two aren't together are you?"

"Actually, yes Heather, Elinor and I are together. We both met in Romania and..."

Heather put a hand up. "I don't really care about how you guys met. I'm just going to go back to my table now." That friendly personality Heather had just mere seconds ago turned.

Once Charlie and Elinor got back to their table, Elinor felt drowsiness come upon her. She realized that more than half the guests had left. "What time is it?"

"About 12:30 in the mornig I think." Charlie saw how tired she looked. "Come on, let's say we call it a night and go to bed." Elinor smiled and they both headed into the house.

Once Charlie and Elinor said goodnight. Elinor changed quickly and dropped onto the bed. She noticed that Hermione and Ginny weren't back yet. But before she could even think about where they were she fell asleep.